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Yavor Doganov |
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trans-coord/gnun/philosophy open-source-misses-... |
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Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:10:09 +0000 |
CVSROOT: /sources/trans-coord
Module name: trans-coord
Changes by: Yavor Doganov <yavor> 10/02/01 19:10:09
Modified files:
gnun/philosophy: open-source-misses-the-point.html
words-to-avoid.html
Log message:
Automatic sync from the master www repository.
CVSWeb URLs:
http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/trans-coord/gnun/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html?cvsroot=trans-coord&r1=1.16&r2=1.17
http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/trans-coord/gnun/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html?cvsroot=trans-coord&r1=1.22&r2=1.23
Patches:
Index: open-source-misses-the-point.html
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RCS file:
/sources/trans-coord/trans-coord/gnun/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html,v
retrieving revision 1.16
retrieving revision 1.17
diff -u -b -r1.16 -r1.17
--- open-source-misses-the-point.html 16 Oct 2009 18:10:07 -0000 1.16
+++ open-source-misses-the-point.html 1 Feb 2010 19:10:08 -0000 1.17
@@ -107,14 +107,16 @@
problem—and this includes “open source
software.”</p>
-<p>The <a href="http://opensource.org/docs/osd">official
-definition of “open source software”</a> (which is
-published by the Open Source Initiative and is too long to include here) was
-derived indirectly from our criteria for free software. It is not the
-same; it is a little looser in some respects, so open source
-supporters have accepted a few licenses that we consider unacceptably
-restrictive of the users. Nonetheless, it is fairly close to our
-definition in practice.</p>
+<p>The <a href="http://opensource.org/docs/osd">official definition of
+“open source software”</a> (which is published by the Open
+Source Initiative and is too long to include here) was derived
+indirectly from our criteria for free software. It is not the same;
+it is a little looser in some respects, so the open source people have
+accepted a few licenses that we consider unacceptably restrictive.
+Also, they judge solely by the license of the source code, whereas our
+criterion also considers whether a device will let you <em>run</em>
+your modified version of the program. Nonetheless, their definition
+agrees with our definition in most cases.</p>
<p>However, the obvious meaning for the expression “open source
software”—and the one most people seem to think it
@@ -158,10 +160,18 @@
<p>Another misunderstanding of “open source” is the idea
that it means “not using the GNU GPL.” This tends to
accompany another misunderstanding that “free software”
-means “GPL-covered software.” These are equally mistaken,
-since the GNU GPL is accepted as an open source license and most of
+means “GPL-covered software.” These are both mistaken,
+since the GNU GPL qualifies as an open source license and most of
the open source licenses qualify as free software licenses.</p>
+<p>The term “open source” has been further stretched by
+its application to other activities, such as government, education,
+and science, where there is no such thing as source code, and where
+criteria for software licensing are simply not pertinent. The only
+thing these activities have in common is that they somehow invite
+people to participate. They stretch the term so far that it only means
+“participatory”.</p>
+
<h3>Different Values Can Lead to Similar Conclusions…but Not Always</h3>
<p>Radical groups in the 1960s had a reputation for factionalism: some
@@ -345,7 +355,7 @@
<p>
Updated:
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-$Date: 2009/10/16 18:10:07 $
+$Date: 2010/02/01 19:10:08 $
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</p>
</div>
Index: words-to-avoid.html
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RCS file: /sources/trans-coord/trans-coord/gnun/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html,v
retrieving revision 1.22
retrieving revision 1.23
diff -u -b -r1.22 -r1.23
--- words-to-avoid.html 25 Jan 2010 19:10:07 -0000 1.22
+++ words-to-avoid.html 1 Feb 2010 19:10:08 -0000 1.23
@@ -276,20 +276,24 @@
<p>
It is a mistake to describe the free software community, or any human
community, as an “ecosystem,” because that word implies
-the absence of (1) intention and (2) ethics. In an ecosystem, species
-evolve according to their fitness: if a species is weak and goes
-extinct, that's neither right nor wrong, merely an ecological
-phenomenon. The term “ecosystem” implicitly suggests a
-attitude of nonjudgmental observation: don't ask how what <em>should</em>
-happen, just study what does happen.</p>
+the absence of ethical judgment.</p>
+
+<p>
+The term “ecosystem” implicitly suggests a attitude of
+nonjudgmental observation: don't ask how what <em>should</em> happen,
+just study and explain what <em>does</em> happen. In an ecosystem,
+some organisms consume other organisms. We do not ask whether it is
+fair for an owl to eat a mouse or for a mouse to eat a plant, we only
+observe that they do so. Species' populations grow or shrink
+according to the conditions; this is neither right nor wrong, merely
+an ecological phenomenon.</p>
<p>
By contrast, beings that adopt an ethical stance towards their
-surroundings, and have ideas of ethical responsibility, can decide to
-preserve things that, on their own, would tend to vanish—such as
-civil society, democracy, human rights, peace, public health, clean
-air and water, endangered species, traditional arts…and
-computer users' freedom.
+surroundings can decide to preserve things that, on their own, might
+vanish—such as civil society, democracy, human rights, peace,
+public health, clean air and water, endangered species, traditional
+arts…and computer users' freedom.
</p>
@@ -686,7 +690,7 @@
<p>
Updated:
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-$Date: 2010/01/25 19:10:07 $
+$Date: 2010/02/01 19:10:08 $
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</p>
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